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March 6, 1951 L. A. NICAISE RECORDING SCALE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 28, 1946 XNVENTOR L.A.N\QA SE Patented Mar. 6, 1951 UNITED STATES Z P'IATYENT OFFICE LJRECORDINGS'CADE :j1Le6ne'AntoineqNicaise, Iiambersarteles-Lille,

grFr-ailwc .Application;Max-ch28; 1946FSerialNoJ657-,832 "In' Jill-lumenAlig'lisit 27, 1945 ber of keys corresponding tothe unit 'pricesiemplcyed the price tobes' pafdbein'g alsoremstered on the ticketindicating therwei'ght.

It is characterised-by:the"arrangementgparallel to the circular"weight irrdicating frame or dial, which comprisesa contact terminal ol -stud, of two concentriewheels one forthe' wei'ghts and the other "for *theprices to he; paidfithe weight wheel rigid with'an' indexand 'diivenby-amelectrio motor which stops as soon as' thein'dex'meets the contact stud of the --w'eight=indicating dial, driving the "price *wheel :by 'a train of pinions clutchedby an *electromagnet corresponding to the unit price indicated on a'keypfi a keyboard, the series of 'clutching. eiectromagnets arranged around the wheelwith their own trains of :pinions corresponding to 'the -series of unitprices onithe keys of the keyboard.

It is 1 further characterised by e11 or :partnzif the arrangements hereinafter described taken together or f separately.

The index-rigid with the'- weights=whe1 is so arranged as to *meet the "contact "Stud or the weight-indi'catingdial;

An electromagnet locking the scaie beam of the balance in the position of equilibrium while the electric driving operations "Off the 'fdevicei for indicating the weight an'd the pricepayableiand for printing the ticket are being e'fiected;

The two wheels for printingthe weiglitand the pricepayable bear on theiredges the stamps, in relief, whichwili'serve t -print theLtIckt;

An electric. circuit which is c1osed .by:a-=sep arate key in order .tosaetuatetanelectricmotor movement circuit-of the motor controlling a t-he printing wheels and :thus effects theirrretum ito the starting point; whereas the third,-tafterhaving 'eifected 'oner complete"reyolutionsunlocksk the key, thus 1 stopping the r-motorithat idliVfiSfthlS 'three contacteband'wheeL A proj ection iarranged on'rthe" wei'ghtqirintmg wheeL-near its starting ypoint, -in*order to: operate a switch; closing 1 the circuit: oi an electrotmagnet designed to irelease the unit-price key :z'saritirthusito open: the general circuit;

ls-i-"Ann-independent key enabling ;the .weighings,

-wandetheireading-;of:the weight and of the price payable, to be effected without'pri-ntingron the 'ticket 'zand which acts.on' the assembly of switch electromagnetstin the-same wayzas the'second of theabovementioned contact bands does.

"The Jaccompanying drawings show diagramamaticaiiy, 'by way of, example but not oflimitaizrtionrgonerrormuof construction of' the invention.

Figure 1 is the electrical circuit diagram of the system.

4 Figure f22-is an axial sectionelevation of the -arrangement ,for indicating and printing 1 the weights and the prices.

jReferring to the drawings, the indicating ele- *ment of the "zbalancescomprises aspindle 40, on the 1' opposite ends; of which dials l, I are: fixed,

the saidrspind-lesbeing rotatable: in ball'bearings 4Z,-T43ifiXBd""tO the frame. The spindle -40 is conne'ctedat 4 I to-the weight-supporting element rofthe ,fba-lance by suitable operating mechanism aofrany knownkind (not shown) so'that the dials 5 l,sl"are. rotated with therspindleifl through an =angle corresponding. to the weight ofthe goods. The --wh01eof' the-indicating and recording {LP- 1' paratusr'isi enclosed -;in. a casing 56 .providedwith :atransparent glass windowBT, the dial I comprising-agraduated scale 45 which movesbehind 5 :thewei'ghtto'be-read oil from either side of the floalance.

.The frame-comprises a bearing support 4 "on 1 which :turns the wheel 9 for printing :the weights. This wheel supports a base-41,-made of electrically insulating material;into which is *fixed the -contactstrip 21, from which-starts'an "electrical conductor 48 I which passes through a duct 48 provided in the hub of the wheel'9 'and :"leads to the index :6 fixed on the hub of the Wheel- 9. Therim of the. latter carries'typeelements'ISJ-for, printing the weight on aticketpand at 50-1 is; provided with gear teeth.

The ::hub: of uthe ---whee1 9 is so arranged as to zrserve; as, anaxis :cf rotation for a wheel 5| 7 for 50 s ti-ndicati-ngiand printing-theprice to be-paid. :At

i 52; this wheel--carriesi theprice graduation, which "moves-"in frontiofthe index 46,"and its'rim car- ;iries' in'rel-ief: type elements 53 by which themprice giisvprinted 'on-.-a' ticket. The rim of'ithewheel -5l 55 ;isxalso;.provided with-gea-r-teeth 54.

pushes it back when the electro-magnet is not excited. This spindle 58, which slides with slight.

friction in the cover 60 of the electro-magnet and in a rim 6I rigid with the casing, carries a toothed pinion 62 which is freely rotatable thereon and rigid with the female clutching cone 63, which is applied to the male clutching cone I63 of the toothed pinion 51 when the electromagnetis eX -I cited.

The pinions 51 and 62 form part of a tram"- 'mission mechanism, including a train of toothed wheels 64, 65, 66, which drives the teeth 54 of the price wheel I each train'of toothed wheels having a different transmission ratio computed for a different unit price.

The toothed part 50 of the weight wheel'9'is driven by the electric motor 8 through gears '8I, 82.

At each weighing, all the pinions 51' of the electromagnets are driven by the weight wheel 9, but only the wheel train that corresponds to the electro-magnets that has been excited is clutched to its associated pinion 51,

A printing arrangement, known in itself, is installed under the printing wheels in order to print at the same time the weight and the price payable on a strip of paper, which is unrolled by a known process. The ticket will be capable of bearing two graduation scales: the graduation of the weight scale gives divisions equal to one-' thousandth part of the force of the balance, the graduation of the price scale giving divisions equal to small monetary units. A double arrow, printed between the two graduations, indicates the weight of the goods and the price to be paid.

The recording mechanism is operated electrically, in the embodiment illustrated, by current from a source of alternating current supplied to conductors I00, IOI which are provided with fuses 35, 36, respectively, to protect the electrical installation, the motor 8 being driven by alternating current while the magnets e and various other control magnets are energised by direct current supplied by a rectifier 38. The operation of the recording mechanism is initiated by depressing one of a series of price-selecting keys t1, t2, t3, t4,

after the dials I, I have been moved into the position of equilibrium corresponding to the weight of the goods.

Each price-selecting key is provided with two bridging conductors I02, I03 which are insulated from one another, the bridging conductor I03 coacting with a pair of contacts I04, I05, While the bridging conductor I02 coacts with three contacts I06, I01, I08. Each key is maintained in its inoperative position by means of a spring 7', the stem of the key being provided with a notch adapted to receive a latching projection v rigid with a bar 28 which is displaceable lengthwise under the action of a spring 29 when one of the keys is depressed, so as to lock the said key in its depressed position and prevent the other keys from being operated. The bar 28 is retracted to release the keys after the ticket has been printed, by means of an electro-magnet 23, as hereinafter described. The contacts I04, I05 are connected 4 in parallel, respectively, to the conductors IIII and I09, so that when one of the price-selecting keys is depressed, the conductor I09 is connected to the input conductor I0 I.

The conductor I09 is connected to one end of the primary winding of a transformer 31, the

othernd of which is connected to the conductor I00, so that when the conductor I09 is connected to the conductor IOI, the primary of the transformer will be energised. The secondary of the transformer 31 is connected to the input poles 38I, 382 of the rectifier 38, one output pole of which is earthed through a conductor 383, while the other output pole is connected by a conductor Ii0 to the contacts I06. The contacts I 01 are connected in parallel to a conductor I I I, while the contacts I08 by conductors II2 to one end of the winding of the respective magnets e, the other also connected to a conductor end of which is earthed. The conductor I09 is H5 which, to-

' gether-with-theconductor I00, serves for supplying-alternating current to the motor 8.

Thus, when one of the keys t1, t2, t3, i4 is depressed, the primary of the transformer 31 will be energised owing to-the conductor I99 being connected to -the conductor IOI through the con tacts I04, I05 and the bridging conductor 403 of the depressed key. The motor 8 will also be capable of operation by alternating current supplied through the conductors I00, II5 under the control of electro-magnets 4, I I and 20. At the same time, the conductor I I 0 will be connected through the contacts I06, I0! and the conductor I02 to the conductor III, and by the contacts I06, 508

andthe conductor I02 to the conductor IIZ connected to the Winding of the magnet e associated with the depressed price-selecting key. The said magnet 6 will thereby be energised by current from the rectifier 38 through the conductor H2,

the earth return and conductor 383.

The magnets 3, I I, 20, as well as the other control'magnets hereinafter described, are supplied with current from the rectifier 38 through the conductor III and an earth return connection. One of these control magnets, i. e. the magnet 5 serves for locking the indicating dials I, I by mechanism well known but not herein shown in the position of equilibrium corresponding to the weight of the goods, its winding being earthed at one end by a conductor H4 and connected to the conductor -I II. at the other end by a conductor The motor 8 is provided with three input terminals H6, H1, H8, the terminal I18 being clirectly connected to the conductor I00. The terminal H6 is connected through a conductor H9, a starting switch I20, a conductor I2I, a reversing switch I23 and a conductor I22 to the conductor I I5. The reversing switch I23 comprises a two-armed switch lever, the arms I35, I31 of which are insulated from one another, the said lever being maintained by means of a spring I38 in the position shown in Fig. 1 to close the motor supply circuit through the arm I35 and the conthe goods.

The switch arm'I2 I of the starting switch I23 forms the armature of the magnet 4, the winding of which is earthed at one end through a conductor I26 and connected at the other end by a conductor I2'I through a circuit-breaker switch -'-'.I28 andiconductors I28, I30 to the conductor I I I.

The arm I39 of the switch I28 is normally held in the position shown by means of a spring I35, so as to close the circuit of the winding of the magnet 4 through the conductors I21 and- I29, whereby the magnet 4 is energised by current from the rectifier 38 as soon as the conductor i I I is connected to the conductor I I0. By this means the starting switch is closed when one of the price-selecting keys is depressed and the motor8 is supplied with current to rotate it in the forward direction. l

The dial I is earthed through a conductor I34 and carries a contact stud 2 which in the zero position of the dial I and wheel 9 is in conducting engagement with the stud 1 which is fixed on the index 6 fixed on the hub of the wheel 9. The contact strip 21 coacts with a contact member I33 which is connected by a conductor I32 to one end of the winding of the magnet II, the other end of which is connected by a conductor I3I and the conductor I30 to the conductor III. On the dial I being angularly displaced by the weight of the goods, the stud 2 moves out of engagement with the stud I and remains out of engagement therewith until the wheel 9 has turned through the same angle as the dial I, when the stud 1 moves into engagement with the stud 2. By this means the magnet I I is energised by current from the rectifier 38 through the circuit comprising the conductor I I I, the conductors I30, I3I, the mag net winding, conductor I32, contact member I33, strip 21, conductor 48I, index 6, studs 1, 2, dial I, conductor I34 and earth return to the conductor 383. The arm I39, which forms the armature of the magnet II is thereby moved into the position shown in broken lines, thereby interrupting the circuit of the magnet 4 and allowing the switch arm I24 to be moved into the open position under the action of the spring I25, cutting off the supply of current to the motor 8, so that the motor ceases to rotate- The types 49 are so arranged that when the m tor 8 stops the appropriate type corresponding to the angular displacement of the dial I will be located at a printing point ready to print the weight on the ticket. At the same time the price printing wheel which has been turned by the wheel 9 through the gear train operated by the pinion 51 associated with the energised magnet e, will be stopped with the appropriate type element 54 corresponding to the weight of the goods and the price per unit weight of the depressed price-selecting key located at the printing point, ready to print the price on the ticket.

The printing wheel 9 is locked in its zero position by a locking member I40 which is retracted by an electro-magnet I0 which is supplied with current through a circuit comprising the conductor I00, conductor I42, magnet winding, conductor I4I and a contact I43 which cooperates with the switch arm I 24, and the conductor IZI, so that the locking member I40 is withdrawn to release the wheel 9 when the switch I is closed to start the motor. When the switch I20 is opened to interrupt the motor circuit, the magnet I0 is de-energised and the locking member I again engages the wheel 9 and secures it in its adjusted position.

The printing of the ticket is effected by means of the printing magnets I8, IS in any suitable known manner with the aid of an ink ribbon, known means being provided for unrolling a strip of paper by the necessary length, as well as the ink ribbon, and for projecting the ticket outwards.

The printing of the ticket is initiated by a key I2 which is normally held in its inoperative position by means of a spring 33 and, on being depressed, is locked by a latching member 30 which engages a notch 32 in the stem of the key under the action of a spring 3-I. The key I2 is provided with a bridging conductor I44 which co-operates with a pair of contacts I45, I46, the former being connected by a conductor I41 to the conductor I I5, and the latter by a conductor I48 to one terminal I49 of an electric motor I3, the other terminal I50 of which is connected by a conductor I5I to the conductor I00, whereby the motor I3 is. set in rotation.

The motor I3 drives a commutator wheel I4 through gearing I52, I53 and teeth I54 on the wheel I4, which is provided with three commutator rings I5, I6, I1 having contact strips 555, I56 and I58, respectively. During the initial part of the rotation of the wheel I4, the strip I bridges a pair of brushes I59, I60, the former of which is connected by a conductor I6I to one end of the windings of each of the magnets I8, I9, the other ends of which are earthed through a conductor I62. The other brush I60 is connected by a conductor I64 to the conductors I30 and II I, whereby the printing magnets I8, I9 are energised by current from the rectifier 38. After printing the ticket the magnets I8, I 0 are de energised by the strip I55 moving out of conductive engagement with the two brushes I59, I 60 and the contact strip I56 then bridges a pair of brushes I10, I1I, the former being connected by a conductor I12 to the conductor III and the latter by conductors I13, I14 to one end of the winding of the electro-magnet 20, the other end of which is earthed through a conductor I15.

The lever I36, I31 of the reversing switch I 23 forms the armature of the magnet 20, which is energised, when the brushes I10, I1I are bridged by the strip I56, by current from the rectifier 38, whereby the switch lever is moved against the action of the spring I38 into the position shown in broken lines in Fig. l. The supply circuit of the motor 8 through the conductors I2I, I22 is now interrupted, the arm I36 bridging the contacts I16, I11, I18. The contact I18 is connected by a conductor I to the conductor H5 and the contact I11 by a conductor I19 to the terminal I I1 of the motor 8, while the contact I16 is connected to the conductor I4I. By this means the magnet I0 is again energised by current supplied through the conductors I00, I I5 and the motor 6 is supplied with current from the conductors I00, II5, the motor terminal II1 being connected to the conductor II 5 through the conductor 19,

contact I11 switch arm I36 and conductor I80. The motor when thus supplied with current rotates in the reverse direction and, the locking member I40 being released from the wheel 9 by the magnet I0, the wheels 9 and Si are returned to their initial zero position.

A projection 2| on the wheel 9 is arranged to actuate the lever I35 of a switch 22 against the action of a spring I82, so as to bridge a pair of contacts I 83, I84 when the wheel 9 moves into its zero position. The contact I84 is connected to the conductor III and the contact I83 is connected by a conductor 385 to one end of the winding of the magnet 23, the other end of which is earthed through a conductor 285. By this means, the magnet 23 is energised and withdraws the bar 28 from the price-selecting keys, allowing the depressed key to return to its inoperative position, thereby interrupting the various supply circuits connected to the rectifier 38 through the conductor I I I.

The magnets e 4, 5, i0, 20 and 23 are now deenergised, so that the supply of current to the motor 8 is interrupted and the wheel 9 is locked in its zero position by the member I49, the dials I, I being also released to allow them to return to the zero position. At the same time the switch lever I39 again closes the circuit of the magnet winding 4 through the conductors I21 and I29, while the switch lever I36, I31 returns to the position shown in full lines, so as to enable the motor 8 to rotate in the forward direction on depression of a price-selecting key in the manner above described.

The latching member 30, however, remains in engagement with the notch 32 in the stem of the key I2 and the motor I3 continues to rotate the wheel I4. When the wheel l4 has turned through nearly a complete revolution, the contact strip I58 bridges a pair of brushes I85, I81, the former of which is connected by conductors I88 and 386 to the conductor 6 ID and the latter by a conductor I89 to one end of the winding of the magnet 24, the other end of which is earthed through a conductor I99. The magnet 24 is thereby energised and withdraws the member 30 from the notch 32 in the stem of the key I2, so that the said key returns to its inoperative position under the action of the spring 33 to interrupt the supply circuit of the motor I3. The wheel I i is thus stopped with the contact strips I55, I55, I58 in the required positions to control another sequence of operations, commencing with the energising of the magnets I8, I9, on being rotated through a further revolution.

A key 25 is also provided for enabling the weight and price to be indicated without the recording mechanism being operated. This key, which is normally held in its inoperative position by means of a spring 34, is provided with a bridging conductor I9I which coacts with two contacts I92, I93, the latter being connected to the conductors I39 and III, while the former is connected to the conductor I14. A conductor I 94 connects the conductor I14 to a contact I95 which is bridged to a contact I96 by the switch arm I31 when the magnet 28 is energised. The contact I96 is connected by a conductor I91 to the conductors I38 and III.

When the wheels 8 and have been turned by the motor 8 to the positions corresponding to the weight and price of the goods, and it is desired to return the said wheels to their zero positions after reading off the weight and price on the graduated scales 45 and 52, without printing a ticket, it is only necessary to depress the key 25. B depressing the key 25, the circuit of the winding of the magnet 29 is closed, through the conductor I9! and the contacts I92, I93. At the same time the supply circuit of the motor 8 is closed through the conductors I19, I86 and the motor rotates the wheels 8 and 5! back to their zero positions, the depressed price-selecting key being released, whereby all the control magnets are de-energised, including the magnet 29, and the apparatus is again ready to be operated in the manner above described, on the depression of a price-selecting key. The switch arm I31 and contacts I95, I86 serve for maintaining the magnet 29 energised after the key 25 has been released, until the depressed price-selecting key returns to its inoperative position.

The mechanisms for weighing, for computing the price to be paid, and for printing and distributlng tickets, are completely independent of one another, so that the precision and sensitivity of the balance cannot be influenced in any way. Weighing is still possible if the calculating and printing mechanism no longer functions in the case of failure of the electric current for eX- ample.

I claim:

1. Apparatus for indicating and recording weight and price in weighing balances, comprising the combination of a load-influenced rotary weight-indicating element, a weight-printing wheel arranged for rotation coaxially with said weight-indicating element and having a succession of type elements arranged circumferentially thereon, actuating means for said printing wheel for imparting rotary motion thereto, and controlling means operatively connected to said weightindicating element for arresting the weightprinting wheel at the required position to record the weight shown by said indicating element, with a price-printing wheel arranged for rotation coaxially with the weight-printing wheel and having a succession of type elements arranged circumferentially thereon for printing progressively increasing prices, gear teeth arranged circumferentially on said weight-printing and price-printing wheels, a plurality of gear transmission mechanisms interposed between said weight-printing and price-printing wheels, each of said mechanisms including a gear pinion meshing with the teeth on the weight-printing wheel and a gear pinion meshing with the teeth on the priceprinting wheel and clutching devices for establishing operative relationship between said printing wheels through the respective transmission mechanisms, the velocity ratio of said transmission mechanisms progressively increasing in accordance with progressively increasing prices per unit of weight so as to enable the price-printing wheel to be turned through correspondingly increasing angles for the same angular displacement of the weight-printing wheel, and individual operating devices for said clutching devices having manual actuating means for enabling the price-printing wheel to be rotated through a selected angle to record the total price of the weight of the goods at a specific price per unit of weight.

2. Apparatus for indicating and recording weight and price in weighing balances, comprising in combination, a load-influenced rotary weight-indicating element, a weight-printing wheel arranged for rotation coaxially with said weight-indicating element and having a succession of type elements arranged circumferentially thereon, an electric motor in driving connection with said printing wheel, a suppl circuit including a starting switch for connecting said motor to a source of current, a plurality of price-selecting keys corresponding to progressively increasing prices per unit of weight, a price-printing wheel arranged for rotation coaxially with the weightprinting wheel and having a succession of type elements arranged circumferentially thereon for printing progressively increasing prices, a plurality of gear transmission mechanisms interposed between said weight-printing and priceprinting wheels, each of said transmission mechanisms including a clutching device arranged to establish operative relationship between said printing wheels through said transmission mech anism, the velocity ratio of the respective transmission mechanisms progressively increasing in accordance with progressively increasing prices per unit of weight, individual operating devices for said clutching devices operated by the respective price-selecting keys, to enable the priceprinting wheel to be turned through different angles for the same angular displacement of the Weight-printing wheel and in accordance with the chosen price-selecting key, electro-magnetic operating means for closing said switch, circuit closing means operated by said price-selecting keys for the circuit including said electro-magnetic operating means forcompleting the circuit through the electro-magnetic operating means on any one of said keys being actuated, and circuitbreaking means operated b the weight-printing wheel for the circuit including the electro-magnetic operating means for breaking the circuit when the weight-printing Wheel has moved into the required position to record the weight shown by the weight-indicating element.

3. Apparatus for indicating and recording weight and price in weighing balances, comprising in combination, a load-influenced rotary weight-indicating element, a weight-printing wheel arranged for rotation coaxially with said weight-indicating element and having a succession of type elements arranged circumferentially thereon, a reversible electric motor in driving connection with said weight-printing wheel, a supply circuit for connecting said motor to a source of current and including switching means for closing said circuit for rotation of the motor to turn the weight-printing wheel into the required position to record the weight shown by the indicating element, switching means for closing the circuit for rotation of the motor in the reverse direction to return the weight printing wheel to its initial position, a plurality of priceselecting keys corresponding to progressively increasing prices per unit of weight, a price-printing wheel arranged for rotation coaxially with the weight-printing wheel and having a succession of type elements arranged circumferentially thereon for printing progressively increasing prices, a plurality of gear transmission mechanisms interposed between said weight-printing and price-printing wheels, each of said transmission mechanisms including a clutching device connecting said printing wheels through said transmission mechanism, the velocity ratio of the respective transmission mechanisms progressively increasing in accordance with progressively increasing prices per unit of weight, individual operating devices for said clutching devices controlled b the respective price-selecting keys, to enable the price-printing wheel to be turned through different angles for the same angular displacement of the weight-printing wheel and in accordance with the chosen price-selecting key, operating means connected to each of said priceselecting keys and actuating the first-mentioned switching means to close the motor circuit to turn the weight-printing wheel to the recording position, and means including a control key for operating the second-mentioned switching means to 10 close the motor circuit for reverse rotation of the weight-printing wheel to its initial position.

4. Apparatus for indicating and recording weight and price in weighing balances, comprising in combination, a load-influenced rotary weight-indicating element, a weight-printing wheel arranged for rotation coaxially with said weight-indicating element and having a succession of type elements arranged circumferentially thereon, a plurality of price-selecting keys corresponding to progressively increasing prices per unit of weight, a price-printing wheel arranged for rotation coaxially with the weight-printing wheel and having a succession of type elements arranged circumferentially thereon for printing progressively increasing prices, a plurality of gear transmission mechanisms interposed between said weight-printing and price-printing wheels and having progressively increasing velocity ratios corresponding to the prices per unit of weight of the respective price-selecting keys, each of said transmission mechanisms including a clutching device arranged to establish operative relationship between said printing wheels through said transmission mechanisms, individual operating devices for said clutching devices operated b the respective price-selecting keys, an electric motor in driving connection with said weight-printing wheel, a supply circuit including a switch for connecting said motor to a source of current, electro-magnetic operating means for closing said switch, circuit-closing means operated by said price-selecting keys for the circuit including said electro-magnetic operating means, a circuitbreaker switch for the circuit including said electro-magnetic operating means, said circuitbreaker switch having electro-magnetic operating means therefor, and contacts on the weightindicating element and weight-printing wheel arranged to close the circuit through the electromagnetic operating means of the circuit-breaker switch when the weight-printing wheel is located in the required position to record the weight of the goods.

LEON ANTOINE NICAISE.

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